Button



April 15 1924. 1,490,250

A. -G. WETTERGREN BUTTON Filed April 5. 1923 Patented Apr. '15, 1924.

nwrrso STATES ADDICK G. WETTERGREN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON.

Application filed April 3, 1923. 7 Serial No. 629,610.

T all w ham it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ap rox G. WETTER- GREN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButtons, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

My present invention relates to a button which is intended to beapplicable to many and various kinds of wearing apparel, such as a vestor coat, by the manipulation of a locking member instead of by stitchingor otherwise attaching. The'button is particularly useful with washablegarments and can be readily detached from the garment when the latter isto be laundered and then reattached after the garment is dried, thepurpose being to save wear on the buttons. The invention is especiallyadvantageous with pearl and other expensive buttons and such as breakeasily in handling and if sub jected to the operation of washing thegarment on which they may be placed. With these and other objects inview therefore the invention may be said to consist essentially in abutton whose shank is provided with a pivoted non-detachable adjustablelocking member, which can be shifted so as to allow the button to beeasily engaged in the buttonhole and shifted endwise so as to allow thebutton to be promptly and easily disengaged from the buttonhole, all aswill be set forth, and further it comprises various details andpeculiarities in the construction, arrangement and combination of thevarious parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the annexed drawing illustrating my invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved button in partial sectionand with the locking member in the position it occupies when the buttonis in engagement with the buttonhole or the garment.

Figure 2 is a similar side elevation with the locking member shifted tooccupy the posit-ion it assumes when the button is calculated forwithdrawal from the buttonhole or insertion thereinto.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the button when its members are in theposition shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical section of the button when in the position shownin Figure 2, the

so that it is desirable to have a button oonstructed so that it can beremoved from the buttonhole before the garment is sent to be laundered.The head 1 is provided with a shank 2 which is hollow or tubular fromend to end so as to accommodate therein a spiral or coiled spring 8. Theouter end of the shank 2 has a longitudinal slot 6 and in this slot. isa permanent pin 7. Obviously the length and proportions of the shank orstem 2 and its various parts may vary within wide limits and I do notwish to be restricted to any special size. Said shank may be longer orshorter and proportioned as may be desired with relation to the head 1.

3 denotes a link of a somewhat elongated or oblong form, having thereina longitudinal slot 4 running from end to end. Near the middle of thisslot at it is provided with oppositely located interior notches orindents 5, preferably rounded or semi-circular, so as to readily engagethe pin 7, it being noted that this link 3 is supported within the stemslot 6 between the pin 7 and the spring 8 and that the said springpresses the link against the pin 7. This link 3 serves as a lockingmember for the button after it has been placed in position in thegarment and also it is capable of being shifted in position so thatinstead of lying crosswise of the stem and being locked in such positionas shown in Figure 1, it may lie in an extended position in line withthe extent of the stem 2 and serve as an extension thereof and solocated that it can be readily passed through the buttonhole in lookingthe button in position or withdrawing it therefrom. It will be readilyunderstood moreover that the proportions of the link or looking member 3may vary within considerable limits and the length may be changed withrespect to the length of the stem 2 or the diameter of the head 3. It isonly necessary that this link should be slotted and notched so that itmay be located in the stem wall 6 and made to engage the pin 7.

The operation of my improved button will be readily understood from thefore going description of the construction and arrangement of the parts.When the parts are assembled the locking link 3 will be in serted in theslot (3 so that the spring 8 may bear against the top thereof and thenthe pin 7 will be mounted firmly and permanently in place in the stem 2as clearly indicated in Figure 4. When the link 3 is turned about so asto lie parallel with the plane of the head 1 one of the notches 5 willengage the pin 7 and the spring 8 will hold the link in such engagement.At this time it will be evident that although the link3 may rock more orless upon the pin 7 it will. maintain its parallelism with the head 1,for it will strike the bottom of the slot 6 in one direction or theother and will effectually serve as a locking member on the inside ofthe vest buttonhole or other sitnation so as to keep the button inposition in the buttonhole. When it is desired to remove the button fromthe buttonhole all that the user needs to do is to press on the link 3on its outer edge outside of the pin 7 and cause the other edge of thelink to depress and compress the spring 8 sufiiciently to disengage thenotch 5 from the pin 7 so that the link 3 may be shifted lengthwisepreferably over the pin 7 and then reversed as shown in Figure 2 into aposition where the link 3 is in line with the stem 2 as shown in Figure2, in which position the spring 8 will serve to hold the link in thisposition and while in this position the link can be passed through thebutton hole and the button engaged or disengaged therein. Of course itis immaterial whether after disengagement from the notch 5 the link ismoved in one direction or the other before it is turned on the pin as ona pivot for the purpose of placing it in its extended position, sinceboth ends of the link will function alike when the parts are in thisposition and when the link is looked over one of the notches 5 willperform the same function in relation to the pin 7.

Various changes may be made in the proportion and size of the diiierentparts with out exceeding the scope of my invention and I reserve theliberty of modifying and rearranging the' same as experience maydictate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a button, the combination with a head having a hollow stem, of aloop or link engaging said stem and adjustable thereon. together with anindependent coiled spring within the stem for holding the link inposition.

2. The combination with a button having a hollow stem of a pin in saidstem, a locking loop engaging said pin, and an inde pendent coiledspring within the stem engaging the locking loop.

The combination in a button havinga hollow stem with an outer slot, of alocking member consisting of a loop having a longitudinal slot withmedian notches and a coiled spring within the stem for holding thelocking loop in position.

4. The combination with a button having a hollow stern, of a linklengthwise slotted with one or more notches in said slot, a pin fast inthe stem and engaging the link, and a spring coiled within the hollowstem and bearing against thelink.

5. The combination of a button having a hollow stem, of a longitudinallyslotted link and an independent coiled spring within the stem bearingagainst said link and holding the same in engagement with the stem andallowing it to assume a locking position parallel to the button head oran extended position in line with .the stem.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aihx my signature.

ADDICK WETTERGREN.

